Overview - Axis: Bold As Love, the second effort by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, is a bit similar to their debut album, Are You Experienced, but has a few more melodic songs, a nice touch. I’ll say right now that I personally thought Are You Experienced was a brilliant …

The Alabama: For the Record - Number One Hits CD celebrates the country music group Alabama. It’s also called 41 because they’ve had an amazing 41 hit records. It’s a wonder compilation of songs that range from upbeat to the ballad and culls the best from those …

The Kids Will Be Alright, Eventually is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the opening song on their third album, The Arrested Cats. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, the track starts off at a very fair pace and an empty sound. Despite this, the sound …

Erin McCarley is probably most well known for a song that was featured on all of the promotional material for the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You”. That song was called “Love, Save the Empty” and it is also the title for the album she recently released. That …

I have no idea how I started listening to this band. I think it was because of the style they were playing, dubbed shoegazing, and that sounded pretty interesting. I was thinking, what can shoegazing be, or what sort of a music is that, and so, I stumbled upon …

“Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” happens to be one of the more popular Primus songs. This song shows up on their 1991 album “Sailing the Seas of Cheese” as track number 5. Although it isn’t technically Primus first single ever (that goes to their song John the Fisherman) …

Have A Cigar is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their album Wish You Were Here. The song opens up in a fashion which is interesting to describe. Though I can hear experimental influences throughout the instrumental sections of the opening of this track, they aren’t the …

Journey is an incredible band that was created in 1973.During the seventies and early eighties they enjoyed the peak of their success and popularity.This collection of songs represents their radio friendly singles and hits.I have enjoyed listening to Journey ever since I was in High School.I remember cruising around …

Fireworks is a song by Animal Collective and is the fifth track to appear on their record Strawberry Jam. Transitioning straight out of For Reverend Green, Fireworks opens up centered around a guitar part before other instruments join in as well as the vocals for the track. Like all …

Music fans were excited when they heard Queens of the Stone Age’s lead guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme would be joining forces with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters (and formerly Nirvana) and former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones to form a super group known as Them Crooked …

Holy mother of God, out of nowhere one of my favorite alternative/hipster band twenty one pilots dropped a new song! And not just a new random song, it is a song for one of my most anticipated films this year Suicide Squad! Guys, if you haven’t heard it, I …

In 1997, Michael O Domhnaill and Windham Hill Records produced “Celtic Christmas III: A Windham Hill Sampler.” The compilation includes twelve favorites from previous Celtic Christmas compositions, such as “The Wexford Carol,” “Circle of Joy,” “A Raven in the Snow,” and “Coinnle an Linoh Losa.” The soothing melodies and …

Crazy Miranda is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on the album Bark. The track starts out in a very melancholy fashion with a piano primarily leading the track with Grace Slick joining in with the vocals. I’m not exactly sure, but to be completely honest, I think …

When The Ship Comes In is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album The Times, They Are A-Changin’. The track opens up with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern before Dylan comes in with his vocal performance with his classic tone and excellent lyrics. Like many tracks …

The song Busy Man was a hit for country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, and it’s a song I have loved since its release. In some ways, it’s not unlike Harry Chapin’s Cats in the Cradle, only it has a happier ending.
Composed by Robert Joseph Regan and George Gustav …

I do not like listenning to a lot of modern day reggae music, and so since I generally do no follow this genre, I have no idea how long the reggae artiste “Khago” has been around. In fact, I only became aware of him recently when his song “Nah …

Hate, Rain On Me is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and appears as the seventh track on their most recent release, Knife Man. Opening up with a guitar riff that is neither overly melodic nor overly aggressive, the band interestingly takes a fairly balanced approach to the tone …

The God That Failed is actually a song that I didn’t have a great memory of, probably because I never really listened to this song very much, but after listening to it again, it isn’t too bad of a song. The thing about The Black Album is that none …

Overview —“ Electric Tears, Buckethead’s ninth album would have to be one of my favorite instrumental albums that I’ve listened to and definitely one of the calmest and most melodic as well. I’ll say right now from the start of this review and that this album really isn’t for …

There is one word that describes this song perfectly: beautiful. I do not use that term if I do not mean it, and this song is just an incredible piece of music. Rascal Flatts has so many hits, I feel like this one is always forgotten, but I, myself …

The Trial, the penultimate track of Pink Floyd’s concept record The Wall, is what I believe an excellent way to wrap up the story, or just about wrap up, and certainly a brilliant track in itself. For those of you who either have not heard The Wall or know …

Americana is The Offspring’s 5th album, it was was produced by Dave Jerden and released in 1998, the album has sold 12 million plus copies, and had several very successful singles, Pretty Fly, The Kids Aren’t Alright, and Why Don’t You Get a Job?. I got into the album …

The Deftones are getting a very bad rap for their latest album, the self-titled Deftones. It appears that fans are not privy to the new Deftones style. They are much more electronic and less hardcore heavy metal, and there is no trace of Hip Hop in their style at …

I wasn’t looking at my computer when I put on the Billy Ray Cyrus: Southern Rain CD so I practically jumped when I heard Billy Ray thanking me listening. I didn’t realize the CD had a CD-Rom element to it that begins with him doing a video greeting …

When it comes to music I know when I really like an act or artist because I buy an album pretty much based on one or two songs and then just seem to listen to these songs over and over again.
This was the case with James Morrison. His song …

The Coffee Song is a song by Cream which appears on their debut record, Fresh Cream. The song opens up with a very dreamy atmosphere due to the vocal delivery and also the subtle guitar lines played behind the vocals. As with many of the songs by Cream, …

First and foremost, I must say I am the biggest fan of La La Land even though I have not seen the film yet. At the beginning of the year I already knew La La Land will be my most anticipated film. I was really sad when I …

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Dylan. Apparently this song is a cover which is actually something that I was not aware of, but then again, I do remember that at least a few tracks on Dylan were cover …

I just recently bought the 2009 Fender Stratocaster Standard (Made in Mexico) and so far I have few complaints. Fender is known for its quality and this stratocaster is no exception.
The coat on the guitar protects it from light scratches. It’s hit my belt buckle a few …

Oxford Comma is a song by Vampire Weekend which appears on their debut self-titled record. The song opens up with a very simple yet definitive rhythm before the vocals come in for the first verse. One thing about Oxford Comma is I find it incredibly hard to not enjoy …

I first loved Randy Crawford way back 1982, when I was 12 years old, upon hearing “People Alone.” Her voice was so sweet and soothing, and everyone among my 12-year old crowd loved her. “One Hello” was also a …

In their sophomore effort “Room on Fire”, The Strokes pick up about where things left off. Carrying over from their first album, Gordon Rafael’s decidedly low-fi production (a la Magnetic Fields, Guided By Voices) blends Julian Casablanca’s vocals over the ever-present dueling guitars of Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, …

The artist Two Steps From Hell was created circa 2006 by Thomas J. Bergeson and Nick Pheonix. I would most likely compare their sound to the likes of Hans Zimmer, Audiomachine, and Immediate Music. It’s mostly dramatic/ intense music for stuff like movie trailers.
What I really like about their …

My dad bought this for about $74.99, and he is a classic fan of Guys and Dolls, no matter his age. I was browsing through some of his old records CD, and I found this Guys And Dolls by Musical Repertory.
I started to listen to it, and I …

This EP was originally composed for a dance piece by Merce Cunningham. The band famous for their innovative use of instruments has developed this piece mainly for Piano, Toy Piano, Vocal Samples and, interestingly, miked up ballet shoes. The three tracks develop when played form start to finish, making …

Break On Through (To The Other Side) is the first track which opens The Doors debut and self-titled record. I have to say that this track portrays The Doors at really not a bad representation and certainly a pretty good representation of at least the overall mood and vibe …

Faith Hill, beautiful wife of Tim Mcgraw and loving mother is also an amazing singer with a beautiful voice. She is gifted in more ways that any person has a right to be and she has what appears to be a lifelong marriage to her husband who is also …

The Gnome, a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their first record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, is another song on that album which I would basically describe as just being a very upbeat sounding song in tone and basically filled with lyrics full of nonsense, …

Underdog is arguably one of the greatest hardcore punk bands to ever surface. Unfortunately, until recently most of their recorded material has been obscure and hard to find anywhere. But Bridge 9 Records released “Matchless”- a compilation that puts together combines their “The Vanishing Point” and “Demos” albums together …

The first song I listened to by country artist Billy Currington was Must Be Doing Something Right. I fell in love with Billy’s original, soothing voice. When I have to come up with a word to describe Billy’s voice, I would have to say sexy. Not in a weird …

She’s like the wind by Lumidee featuring Tony Sunshine is a song I like even better than the original which is done by Patrick Swazy. This song is a beautiful redo and I love listening to it over and over again. The words and the melody are like running …

Standing In The Doorway is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Time Out Of Mind. The track opens up in a very mellow fashion with only a faint guitar part and an organ as well. Dylan comes in with the vocals for this track and …

I loved this song when I heard this at first. I downloaded this song after I heard this song at the television. I felt very satisfied after downloading this song. This is a great song!!This song has a meaning that is in the narrative about the struggle of the …

Decadence, codeine, autotune - what does DS2 sound like, the key album of the last five years.
In hip-hop, an immutable scheme of the evolution of meanings in the lyrics of any successful rapper has developed: from “how bad to live without money” to “how awesome to live with money.” …

I am not a korean, I am just one of the many filipino fans of the rising star korean girl pop group 2ne1. One reason why I like this group is because of Sandara Park who is now using the name Dara when she joined 2ne1.
I am really …

We like country music and we like to go to live concerts whenever we can. We saw Faith Hill perform around three years ago at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. We don’t mind traveling to Washington, because it is only around forty five minutes from Baltimore. …

Winters Love is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Sung Tongs. Split into two unique sections, Winters Love first opens up with an instrumental section led by an acoustic guitar pattern (Though there is some vocal humming over the top of this) before going into …

Avril Lavigne has been in the music industry for quite a while now. I remember when her first hit single —˜Complicated’ was released and I can also remember singing along to it! I heard it on the radio today and it brought this album to the front of my mind …

Overview —“ Basket Case, the third music video released by Green Day, would have to be their most well known music video at that point in their career. The music video takes the lyrics of the song very literally and sets the song in a mental hospital with the …

Lil’ Kim ft. T-Pain and Charlie Wilson
“Download”
Brookland Media/Federal Distribution/UMG
Director: RAGE
“Download” is the latest single and music video from Lil’ Kim, accompanied by Aqua-Voice, oops I meant T-Pain, and Charlie Wilson. The song borrows heavily from Zapp’s “Computer Love” and even mentions the phrase several times in the lyrics. T-Pain …